Definitions
Wiktionary
- adv. Occurring after death.
- n. An investigation of a corpse to determine the cause of death; an autopsy
- n. figuratively, management Any investigation after something considered unsuccessful, especially used of meetings, games and sports, software development, and projects of any kind.
Etymologies
- Latin post ("afterwards") + mortem, from mors ("death"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“On the account of Dr.R. W. Bates, for a post mortem examination; which was ordered for consideration to-morrow.”
Journal of the Senate of South Carolina: Being the Session of 1862.
“HOUSER presented the account of Dr.R. W. Bates, for post mortem examination; which was referred to the Committee on the Lunatic Asylum and Medical Accounts.”
Journal of the Senate of South Carolina: Being the Session of 1862.
“On the account of Dr.W. C. Freeman, for a post mortem examination.”
Journal of the Senate of South Carolina: Being the Session of 1862.
“F. Howell, for a post mortem examination; which was ordered for consideration to-morrow.”
Journal of the Senate of South Carolina: Being the Session of 1862.
“BLAKENEY presented the account of Dr.D. J. McRae, for a post mortem examination; which was referred to the Committee on the Lunatic Asylum and Medical Accounts.”
Journal of the Senate of South Carolina: Being the Session of 1862.
“He stripped back the sheet as far as the body's waist, showing the dark discolorations of decomposition and the efforts made to tidy up the radical post mortem incisions.”
“On the account of Dr. Joseph F. Harrell for a post mortem examination;”
Journal of the Senate of South Carolina: Being the Session of 1862.
“On the report of the Medical Committee, of the House, on the account of Drs. Powell and Templeton, for a post mortem examination; which was ordered for consideration to-morrow.”
Journal of the Senate of South Carolina: Being the Session of 1862.
“On the account of Drs. Powell and Templeton, for a post mortem examination; which were referred to the Committee on the Lunatic Asylum and Medical Accounts.”
Journal of the Senate of South Carolina: Being the Session of 1862.
“ARTHUR presented the petition of Dr.W. C. Freeman, for payment of an account for a post mortem examination; which was referred to the Committee on the Lunatic Asylum and Medical Accounts.”
Journal of the Senate of South Carolina: Being the Session of 1862.
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Latin Words Used in English
Latin words, phrases, or abbreviations still used in modern English.
et cetera, ad hoc, post scriptum, id est, semper fidelis, semper paratus, veritas, vice versa, ergo, modus operandi, status quo, exempli gratia and 6 more...
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Favorites
machiavellian, mercurial, deus ex machina, synecdoche, litotes, phallic, freudian, metonymy, chrestomathy, falsifiable, gestalt, truthiness and 211 more...
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Favourites
wither, pallid, evanescent, enamour, discovery, smoky, tempest, pantheon, fatuous, revenant, aquatic, escapist and 102 more...
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döden
about death in its different forms.
euthanasia, autopsy, post mortem, disinter, rigor mortis, necropolis, requiem, epitaph, exhumation, sepulchre, sarcophagus, terminal burrowing and 60 more...
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Foreign
sub poena, stet, salon, raconteur, quorum, quasi, post mortem, per se, parvenu, motif, minutiae, kaput and 17 more...
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Atinlay Asesphray
Latin is, for all intents and purposes, a dead language. Yet its ghost continues to haunt those of us who speak English.
caveat emptor, ad hoc, de facto, carpe diem, et cetera, habeas corpus, non sequitur, ad nauseam, persona non grata, amicus curiae, per se, a priori and 30 more...
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